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1 Becker, C. D.; Ostrom, E. 1995. Human ecology and resource sustainability: The importance of institutional diversity. Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, 26:113-133.
Human ecology ; Water rights ; Irrigation canals ; Forests ; Ecology ; Collective ownership ; Common property
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: P 7858 Record No: H039964)
2 Yakubov, Murat. 2008. Measuring irrigation performance: governance versus management perspective: a mixed methods case study of the IWRM-Ferghana Project. Dissertation submitted to the Department of Applied Social Science, London Metropolitan University, London, UK, for the degree of Master of Research in Social Research. 104p.
Irrigation canals ; Governance ; Irrigation management ; Empowerment ; Collective ownership ; Case studies ; Water user associations ; Performance evaluation ; Farmers attitudes / Central Asia / Ferghana Project
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H041915)
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3 Mi, J.; Huang, J.; Wang, J.; Mukherji, Aditi. 2008. Participants in groundwater markets: who are sellers? Journal of Natural Resources, 23(6):1-12.
Water market ; Groundwater ; Groundwater irrigation ; Tube wells ; Collective ownership ; Private ownership ; Households ; Villages ; Rural areas ; Water table ; Drought ; Surveys ; Farmers ; Income ; Economic analysis ; Econometric models / China / Hebei / Henan / Xian county / Ci county / Yanjin county
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H042256)
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Few studies have paid attention to the groundwater market in rural China though it has developed rapidly in recent decades. The main objectives of this paper are to describe the main characteristics of participants of rural groundwater market and identify the determinants of selling water. Data used in this research comes from 150 households in two provinces in northern China. Based on our field survey, we find that the farmers with higher wealth, more advantaged in agricultural activity, and higher social position are more likely to be the sellers. Transaction costs also have impacts on participants in the groundwater market.
4 Mukherji, Aditi; Giordano, Mark. 2010. Common pool resources. In Warf, B. Encyclopedia of geography. London, UK: Sage.
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043211)
5 Deneke, T. T.; Mapedza, Everisto; Amede, Tilahun. 2011. Institutional implications of governance of local common pool resources on livestock water productivity in Ethiopia. Experimental Agriculture, 47(Supplement S1):99-111. [doi: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0014479710000864]
Livestock ; Water productivity ; Collective ownership ; Water resources ; Governance ; Water user associations ; Ponds ; Wells ; Pumping ; Grazing lands ; Villages / Ethiopia / Amhara Regional State / Lenche Dima / Kuhar Michael
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H043517)
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Improving water productivity depends on how local communal water and grazing resources are governed. This involves institutional and organizational issues. In the mixed farming systems of the Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, non-participatory water users’ associations, neglect of traditional water rights, corruption, village power relations, inequitable allocation of irrigated land and free-grazing practice impact the governance of local common pool resources (CPR). Indigenous governance structures for CPR such as the kire are participatory and effective in terms of rule enforcement. Externally initiated governance structures lack acceptance by farmers and sufficient support from local government. In order to improve water productivity in the mixed farming systems, institutional deficiencies need attention and existing indigenous governance structures require recognition and support.
6 Hofstetter, Moritz; van Koppen, Barbara; Bolding, A. 2021. The emergence of collectively owned self-supply water supply systems in rural South Africa – what can we learn from the Tshakhuma case in Limpopo? Water SA, 47(2):253-263. [doi: https://doi.org/10.17159/wsa/2021.v47.i2.10921]
Water supply ; Collective ownership ; Community involvement ; Rural areas ; Institutions ; Governance ; Investment ; Accountability ; Infrastructure ; Water users ; Water quality ; Households ; Case studies / South Africa / Limpopo / Tshakhuma
(Location: IWMI HQ Call no: e-copy only Record No: H050441)
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Despite the rapid extension of public service delivery since the end of Apartheid, many rural citizens in South Africa still rely on their own initiatives and infrastructure to access water. They construct, improve, operate and maintain infrastructure of different complexities, from individual wells to complex collectively owned water schemes. While most of these schemes operate without legal recognition, they provide essential services to many households. In this article we will first provide an overview of the growing international body of literature describing self-supply as an alternative pathway for public service delivery. We then take a historical perspective on the role of communities and self-supply in South Africa and describe the emergence of six collectively owned, gravity-fed, piped schemes in Tshakhuma, Limpopo Province. We describe and compare these systems using key characteristics like resource access, investment, construction, operation, maintenance and institutional governance. We further assess their performance with regard to coverage, service level, reliability, governance structure, accountability and water quality. We do so because we are convinced that lessons learned from studying such schemes as locally adapted prototypes have the potential to improve public approaches to service delivery. The described cases show the willingness of community members to engage with service delivery and their ability to provide services in cases where the state has failed. The assessment also highlights problematic aspects of self-supply related to a lack of accountability, technical expertise and the exclusion of disadvantaged community members. By describing and assessing the performance of rural self-supply schemes, we aim to recognize, study and learn from such schemes. We consequently do not conclude this article by providing answers, but by raising some pertinent, policy-relevant questions.
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